Genetics Flashcards
(6 cards)
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What’s a phenotype?
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The observable or measurable characteristics
2
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What are genotypes?
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The alleles inherited
3
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What does homozygous means?
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When an organism has the same alleles of a gene on** both homologous chromosomes**
4
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What is a dominant allele?
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An allele that covers up the effect of recessive alleles
5
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In “Inheritance of two autosomally unlinked genes”, what does autosomally means? What about unlinked?
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Genes found on autosomes
Genes found on differnet types of chromosomes
Autosomes = chromosomes that are not the cell chromosomes
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